39th WorldWide SketchCrawl Brisbane Qld Australia 13.04.13

Plein Aire, Maritime Museum Brisbane Qld Australia

Plein Aire meetup, at the Maritime Museum 2.30pm 22nd January 2013

Check it out on the link   Maritime Museum Plein Aire Meetup

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38th Worldwide Sketchcrawl Brisbane Australia

The Brisbane chapter of Sketchcrawl met at the Gallery of Modern Art this morning, for the 38th worldwide sketchcrawl.  It was very hot, 38 degress celcius at the Brisbane airport at 2.00pm.

We sketched from inside the GOMA to start with, then down to the GOMA Bistro, to sketch the magnificent Moreton Bay fig tree.

We then wandered down the the river, found a nice shaded spot to finish up the day.

Looking at the Brisbane City Library from across the river at the Qld Art Gallery

Brisbane Naval Offices Building in Edward Street.

A quick sketch whilst having coffee at Wynnum Plaza Brisbane Australia

37th Worldwide SketchCrawl Brisbane Australia

“SketchCrawl” – is a World Wide event:- People from different corners of the world join in a day of sketching and journaling and then, thanks to the Internet, having everyone share the results on an online forum.

Today, I participated in the 37th WW SketchCrawl in Brisbane Australia, and had a ball..

This is the group at the Coffee Club

Smellie and Co Edward Street 1895 AD
One of Brisbane's oldest buildings is the Smellie & Co building at the bottom of Edward St.  It dates back to the 1860s, when the RR Smellie & Co foundry was established in Alice St. A burgeoning Brisbane ensured that the firm grew, and by 1882, it had become Smellie & Co, a hardware and machinery retailer..

The Chapel, St Stephens Cathedral 1864.
St Stephens Cathedral is the oldest Catholic Church in Queensland.  It was built between 1864 and 1922

Moreton Bay fig in Brisbane Botanic Gardens
The Moreton Bay Fig is a rainforest tree, and in that habitat it can be a 'strangler fig' - with it's seed setting high in the canopy and it's roots reaching right down to the ground, eventually growing to a stage that strangle it's host and stands alone. It can grow to 50m with wide buttressed roots.

Streets Beach South Bank
Australia's only beach in the middle of a city.  Construction commenced in February 1991 and was complete by June 1992

Brisbane Australia...

A very quick sketch, while I was waiting for my lunch to be served at the Perks Deli & Cafe at Garden City.